We arrived in Mooloolaba to sunshine and a gentle breeze, something we had both yearned for since we arrived in Australia. As previously mentioned, Katrina had been kind enough to deliver us to the hostel door, so after a fond farewell we checked in and unloaded the monstrous weights that our bags have turned into and set off to explore our new home for the next five nights. Just down the road from the hostel we welcomed the sight of the glistening ocean and a g...

G'day mate(s), how ya goin? (That seems to be the Aussie greeting of choice by the way). So anyway, to follow on from the previous blog, the following morning we needed no encouragement to pack our things and leave the freezing tepee behind as we made our way down to the bus depot to catch our next coach to Surfers Paradise, about three hours further up the coast. Surfers Paradise had a very Spanish holiday resort feel to it, reminding us both of Magaluf as the...

Good morning all and welcome back. So, when we left off in our last blog we were anticipating departing Sydney on wednesday afternoon at 13:00 after booking the Greyhound the day before. Our luck deserted us (again!) though as, thanks to the flooding along the east coast and the subsequent road closures, our bus was cancelled until the following day, leaving us as a result with an extra day in Sydney. First job for the day was to decide what there was for us to...

G'day mate(s)!! So after departures finally opened following the last blog entry, we departed New Zealand bound for Sydney, Australia… We arrived at about 16:10 local time and as we dismounted the plane you could feel the difference in temperature instantly between here and what we had become used to in the south island of New Zealand. Even though it was late afternoon it was still really bright and mild. Gold star for Oz already. We had been warned a while...

Good afternoon all from Christchurch international airport. As we got here surprisingly early I shall update you on the proceedings following our last blog entry… So yesterday morning (Friday) we treated ourselves to a lie in seeing as we had no stupid 10am checkout, so after arising at around 10(ish) and performing such fascinating duties as washing and packing the majority of our stuff we departed for Hoyts cinema to catch the 2:30 showing of Angels and Dem...